Camping Is Close To Home At Freehold-Area Turkey Swamp Park

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, NJ — The Turkey Swamp Park campground opens for the season on Monday, April 1. And that means camping in a beautiful setting - yet close to home - is coming your way, the Monmouth County Park System says.

Located at 200 Georgia Road in Freehold Township, the campground features 64 wooded campsites - 52 that can be reserved and 12 available first come, first served. All campsites are pull-through and offer water and electric hookups.

And this is all amid a natural setting of trails on 2,388 acres of pitch pine and oak trees, many species known to be in the Pinelands.

For campers, there is also drinking water, a dump station, picnic tables, modern restrooms with hot showers and laundry, as well as fire rings for charcoal cooking and campfires.

Families can appreciate quiet hours from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. The rate is $44 per night for a tent or recreational vehicle/trailer site.

The campground also offers three cabins. These cabins have two rooms and feature a double bed and two sets of bunk beds as well as lights and electrical outlets.

Outside each cabin is a water spigot and picnic area with fire pit. The cabins also offer air conditioning. One of the cabins is ADA accessible. The cost of each cabin is $83 per night or $415 per week, according to the county .

Turkey Swamp Park features a 17-acre lake where visitors can bring or rent canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboats. Rentals are available weekends starting Saturday, May 4 and daily starting Saturday, June 15.

Visitors with a New Jersey fishing license (under age 16 license not required) can try their luck with the bass, crappie, catfish and bluegills that call the lake home.

The park also offers picnic areas with charcoal grills, four playgrounds, over eight miles of multiuse trails, and plenty of open space.

Reservations are available for stays of at least two nights (Friday through Sunday) and are accepted through an online reservations system available on the Campgrounds page at www.MonmouthCountyParks.com, in person at the Campground Office located in the park’s Oak Point Shelter Building, or by calling 732-462-7286. MasterCard, Visa and Discover accepted.

For more information about the campground, please call 732-462-7286.

For more information about the Monmouth County Park System, please call 732-842-4000 or visit www.MonmouthCountyParks.com. For persons with hearing impairment, the TTY/TDD number is 711.